Some 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed and scores of others were injured in the 1998 atrocity
The Irish Government is committed to bringing forward new legislation if required to ensure it can assist a public inquiry into the Omagh bomb, a representative has said.
It has been contended that the terrorists prepared the bomb in the Republic of Ireland and also fled back across the border after planting it in Omagh on August 15 1998. He said inquiry staff have held a number of meetings with Irish Government officials and the Irish police, and commended “positive discussions”.
He added: “The intention of the inquiry is to ensure that those discussions now move into a practical phase in which clear written agreements are put in place, to make certain that the inquiry has full access to any potentially relevant materials held by the state authorities in the Republic of Ireland, and that it has the ability to obtain statements and call witnesses to attend the inquiry, to give evidence in person.
“Our commitment is to ensure that there is nothing left unanswered in our jurisdiction at the end of the inquiry,” he said.
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